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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa al-Kouni, Friday held talks with mayors of the municipalities of Oubari, al-Ghouraifa and Bent Bey, and the security director of Oubari, in the South of Libya, over the security situation in the region.
A statement issued by the press [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia over the past 24 hours recorded 69 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), which takes to 11,277 the total number of deaths reported in the country since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, the Tunisian ministry of Health announced here Friday.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chamber of Representatives (Parliament) Friday announced it ’strongly rejected’ the content of a joint communiqué issued by the US, German, French, Italian and British embassies, saying it an unacceptable violation and an interference in Libyan home affairs.
The United-States, the United-Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy Thursday [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Friday gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Bejing's COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive validation for safety, efficacy and quality, a press release issued here said.
It said Wednesday’s announcement by the United States of America that it would support a temporary [...]Full text...
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The ambassadors of the United States to the African Union (AU), Ms. Jessye Lapenn, the DR Congo, Mike Hammer, and the European Union (EU), Jean-Marc, have assured Congolese President, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, of the support of the international community during his term as President [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High Council of State has accused five Western countries of "interfering in the internal affairs of Libya and violating its sovereignty".
An official source said the accusation followed a statement issued by embassies of the United States of America and four European countries on the [...]Full text...
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Nigeria women's team, “Super Falcons”, will be one of the four participating teams in the “2021 WNT Summer Series”, hosted by the US between 10 and 16 June, 2021.
USA, Portugal and Jamaica are the other three teams taking place in the prestigious tournament that will take [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities on Friday announced a week of general containment from May 9 to 16 due to the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the country.
Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi announced the decision after a meeting of the National Coronavirus Commission.
"Our country is facing the worst health [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the recent release of dozens of detainees by the command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), stating that it was encouraged by their commitment to new releases during Ramadan fasting for Muslims.
"As the holy month comes [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria will host the first edition of the 8-Sahel Countries Military Games in October the Defence Minister, retired Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi has declared his support for the sports fiesta.
Magashi told an 11-member delegation of Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) in Abuja on [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the country registered 28 new COVID-19 infections in five States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, bringing the national caseload to 165,301.
Statistics released by the NCDC showed that no death was recorded in Nigeria on Thursday, [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Group of Seven industrialised countries has called on the Libyan Government of National Accord to take all necessary measures to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by 24 December, pledging to support the ceasefire monitoring mechanism that was recently approved by the UN Security Council.
The UN [...]Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Khartoum on Friday and he held talks with Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Mariam Sadiq Mahdi on bilateral relations, regional issues including the Ethiopian-Sudanese border dispute and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The draw for the Total Women's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), or Morocco 2022, qualifiers, will be conducted on Monday, 10 May, 2021, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
It will be beamed live from 11:00 GMT on CAF's digital platforms.
According to the CAF media channel, [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a key role in implementing a full COVID-19 lockdown last year, has been appointed as a member of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) science council.
The council which comprises nine of the [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mr. Abdallah Al-Lafi, on Thursday met the Saudi Ambassador in Tunisia, Abdelazziz Ben Ali Al-Sakr, in Tunis.
According to the information office of the Libyan Presidential Council, the meeting focused on issues of common interest and the latest developments [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International said on Thursday that Libya’s recently installed Government of National Unity (GNU) must address the human rights crisis across the country, break the cycle of impunity and re-establish rule of law.
In a letter to the new government, which has faced tremendous [...]Full text...
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, held talks on Thursday, by videoconference, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Benin, Aurelien Agbenonci, as part of the continuous strengthening of Moroccan-Beninese strategic relations.
The two [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30.51 32.12
Canadian Dollar 32.15 33.95
Euro [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities say they detected five new positive cases of Covid-19 on workers on Thursday in a bakery which serves several thousand inhabitants of the village of Camp Diable, in the south of the island.
These five new cases bring the number of Covid -19 contaminations [...]Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s economic growth is projected to rebound to 5.1 percent in 2021, compared to a contraction by 3.4 percent last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff.
The country’s economic activity contracted by 3.4 percent in 2020, [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Trust Bank Gambia Ltd:
Currency Buying Selling
US Dollar 51.50 52.30
Pound Sterling 67.00 69.50
Euro 59.00 62.50
CFA Franc (5000) 400.00 425.00
Swedish Kroner (100) 480.00 520.00
Australian Dollar 34.50 37.50
South African Rand 12.00 14.00
Canadian Dollar 37.00 [...]Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to good weather, better agronomic and harvesting practices, and increased investments in mills.
This is according to a commodity assessment report by staff of the US Department of Agriculture, released on Thursday by Global Agricultural [...]Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high.
Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies are driving African countries to slip [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is working with the Government of Mozambique, international organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector to increase humanitarian assistance to Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.
The assistance is to those in need of food, water and shelter, among other emergency relief items, in [...]Full text...